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Zero Casualties
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Almost 29 million
From page 1 downloads of e-
books are expected
The ordinance
in 2013.
restricts all form of use,
transport and sale of Fossil-fuel carbon
firecrackers and dioxide emissions
pyrotechnic materials are up by 29
not only during percent since 2000.
Christmas season but
Internet users over
the whole year round.
the age of 15
According to 911 conducted over 29
Emergency Response Bright lights. At Davao City Hall, where Christmas lights are the main attraction. million searcghes
(Photo from: www.2media.nowpublic.net)
Center, there are no per minute 2009
calls for any
kanay maayo” (It’s Mayor Sara “Inday” At the end of the day, The most meatballs
assistance relating to
okay to ! the city ordinance eaten in one minute
firecrackers or stray Duterte, together with her is 29 by Takeru
celebrate Christmas doesn’t only bring good
bullet injuries during !
legislatures has already Kobayashi of Japan
the holidays. without explosions; As to the image of Davao for a US TV Show
strengthened the ban by
“Okay lang man long as the people are ! but further bring in March this year.
maskin wala’y pabuto safe, then its good) giving incentives for those betterment in preventing
Saturn takes over
sa pasko basta safe lang said Lena Abante, a !
people who are willing to harms towards its
29 years to orbit
city street vendor. citizens. the Sun.
report cases of violations.
Niña weather is at its peak French is an offical
! 2011’S FIRST Ten of them died Sur, Agusan del Norte and
language in 29
DISASTER – since heavy rains parts of Surigao del Sur. during the first two months
Some classrooms countries.
LA NIÑA ATTACK
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29. until the end of February. Sony Manufatured
have also been used an
Crops were also evacuation areas. floppy disks for 29
From page 1 More hurricanes are
damaged and years.
farmlands are under expected until the next
Weeklong rains have P2.6 million worth of
caused evacuation centers water. assistance has been provided month and so residents are
by the DSWD for the --Reader’s Digest,
to be filled with thousands In Northeastern expected to be prepared for
of families, leaving their affected families. The
Mindanao, more than future happenings.
Philippine Red Cross in
houses behind. a hundred elementary Mindanao has also served the
In Central Philippines, and high school victims in various ways.
gymnasium and nearby
classes had been Mass feeding and relief
schools have been used by Banko Sental Exhange Rate Bulletin as of January 12, 2011
suspended by the operations had been
1,000 residents of St.
conducted to help them.
Bernard township on Department of
Leyte Island as shelters Education due to
after being hit by Moreover, the disaster has
floods. This includes also led to cancellation of
landslides.
Surigao del Norte, domestic flights. According
In Butuan, 50,000
Siargao, Agusan del to the weather bureau, the La
Justice in !
slow-motion
By Harry Dubouzet
Threatening survival
Trying whatever ways and risking By: Chelsea Jugador table experience with them and the
one’s life has rarely become issues for ! ! experience left an impression. About them,
people who are struggling for survival. I still want to sympathize with them I hope
This is somehow true to the ethnic group that, the next time I see them, they will
we usually see and encounter in streets – refrain from using a threatening method
like that.
the Badjaos. Some of them would pat people I also do not want them to be seen by
Where there are several vehicles, repeatedly. Some would also run after
people as objects of disgust.
there will also be the Badjao group. It is them. If they are not given anything, a
dangerous, but it does not really matter spit or a threat to spit will do. They are people who must be given help
In relation to this, I have had an and attention. And this would be easier for
to them.
experience with a young Badjao whom I them to acquire if they use a way that
They look forward for the red light
encountered while walking. would not bring a person to fear.
for it is the time where they approach And, for the sake of surviving, they
Upon seeing me, he rushed towards
passengers for alms. could use whatever ways provided that they
me and asked for money. He continued
They move towards the middle of the keep.
saying, “Kung dili ko nimo hatagan,
road, begging for money from one I also do not want them to be seen by
luwaan taka.” (I’ll spit on you if you
jeepney passenger to another. won’t give me money) people as objects of disgust.
Some of them bring little children He threatened me with a spit. He was They are people who must be given
that make me think more of the possible really about to spit on me but luckily I help and attention. And this would be easier
negative things that could happen in a was able to run away. for them to acquire if they use a way that
risky situation like that. With this, instead of having sympathy would not bring a person to fear.
towards them, people would tend to fear And, for the sake of surviving, they
Aside from this, what is also quite
them; thus, they gain nothing. Although could use whatever ways provided that they
disturbing for me is their way of asking
I had an uncomfor-! keep themselves out of any danger or harm.
money.
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Lines will be longer And after nearly How the line starts
in AdDU High’s three, the traffic The increase of such
traffic problem has not numbers cannot be
died down.
By Harry Dubouzet
In fact, it may continue helped. Due to
to grow. Daniel Ateneo’s reputation
Aguilos, AdDU and its capability to
When one sees the long
Matina’s Physical accomodate a large
line of cars stretching Plant Supervisor,
from one end to the other number of students, it
described that the
at AdDU High school’s number of students is of no surprise that
Acacia street, one would have been increasing there should be a lot
think it may never end. over the years, and so of parents driving
And it may as well be, does the number of Middle of the line. A part of the line of vehicles waiting along
their cars around
private vehicles and Acacia street in the morning at Ateneo Matina.
since this problem did AdDU to pick up or
not happen recently. car pools that send
them to and from drop off their kids.
The traffic problem of To Aguilos, a major
school. According to
Acacia street, which him, the student Around 2,000 cars have However, not all cars that
affects both high and registered and paid for travel to Ateneo have factor on why the
population in AdDU
grade schoolers of the increased by 5,000 in drive-through stickers, drive-through stickers. traffic at Acacia street
Ateneo de Davao 2003. He estimated which allow them to Many still take through is so congested is
University Matina that there is one car enter the campus and Acacia’s narrow street, the volume of
campus, has been around tra veling in and out of ease the flow of traffic waiting in lines with
AdDU for every ten turn to page 15
since the 1980s. outside the Ateneo. other vehicles.
students in the Ateneo.
Apple has launched its newest tablet PowerPoint, text, contact info, and excel
device and finally named Apple iPad. It is
also called a giant iPod that has gorgeous
Tablet device mania spreadsheets. !
The display has like a crystal screen
display, long battery life, fast performance
and great full screen applications. that has a very clear view with its high
The iPad has a 7.9-inch LCD capacitive resolution of 1024x 768 pixels at 132
touch screen with IPS technology and pixels per inch. And iPad’s battery life
measures 9.56 inches tall, 7.47 inches lasts for 10 hours with surf time.
wide and 0.5 inches thick. The screen is Apple also reveals that if you
covered in a fingerprint-resistant allophonic already have an iPhone or iPod touch
coating. with applications installed then you can
The tablet device has two different simply transfer it to iPad and enjoy it on
versions: first is a wi-fi version with a larger screen. It can perform great
802.11a/b/g/n networks and second has
apps that others cannot do in other
an integrated 3G connection. The second
model allows connecting to a number of devices.
networks that includes UMTSS/ HSDPA, One blogger said that it is a good
GSM/EDGE. companion for the day. It can serve as a
The two versions also come in three sketchbook, elemental reference guide,
available storage capacities: 16GB, 32GB dinosaur compendium and tour guide.
and 64GB of flash memory. Reports have This is why many consumers invest on a
said its super quick and smooth usage gadget that they think useful to them.
because of the new custom built 1GHz IPad turns out to be a success in
Apple A4 processor. the display on how you handle it. typeslist of emails as they
And to revamp with the Apple arrive. What is really good news Apple Company because of its very
Like other cell phones that can
iPhone, iPad has many advantages to iPad’s email supports potential in the market. Now everyone
be used into a landscape form iPad also has
what they call accelerometer senses like viewing emails fully with a slide various attachment types like wants to get an iPad because of its
movement that automatically shifts the in software is that it supports word documents, web pages, appealing features.—Cess Payag
Pastil… there is a chance that approve and give change his life. He
From page 15 this business can grow assistance. Thus Mang seems contented with
big. And because of Juliber, considered to his job, with corn as he
There are a lot of the significant be part of the and his family’s only
students and workers numbers of people are “informal sector source of living - the “the underprivileged
buying on that demanding to keep workers,” must only element that individuals should
peddling business selling Pastil more, it establish a group and sustains their move into action and
called underscores the need approach DOLE on existence. Everyone not just wait for a
“Maguindanaon’s for a wide Pastil what they want to do. would just hope that blessing and let the
Best”. business. The “Grow Micro his corn-selling job government do their
One peddler said that A fourth year Program” of the inherited from his task.”!
the owner of that chemical engineering DOLE is a good parents would not be
business is a student from Ateneo project in which the only legacy that his
Maguindanaon de Davao University vendors like Mang future kids will inherit
Muslim who originally patronizes Pastil, Juliber may gain from him.
came from Cotabato. saying that “By benefits from. This
He added that after the statistics, historical aims to help vendors to
sunset, Pastils are no and cultural, food is a have a small capital
longer available but good investment, it is loan for their small
there are still people easy to produce and business and have
inquiring for it. A the selling price is some free training.
student from the cheap so everybody For this reason, the
University of can afford it. It could underprivileged
Mindanao said “Dapat be a potential market.” individuals should
marami pa nagtitinda Pastil can really attract move into action and
ng Pastil dito para tourists to try the not just wait for a
accessible” (There delicacy of Cotabato. blessing and let the
should be more Pastil Eventually, this could government do their
vendors so that it is be interesting in the task. Like for DOLE,
accessible). industry. the disabled
It became part of And to keep this individuals had formed
the daily food among food specialty in the an association and
students and others culture of one of the through that, the
because of its worth in Filipino tribes, the Department had
price. Pastil can be presence and the provided them with
bought at a regular continuing business of facilities and proper
price of 10 pesos yet Pastil remains visible training. This doesn’t
the customer can to the people. Through end here; they check
already be satisfied this, it enriches and the livelihood and see
after purchasing and preserves the Filipino if there is a positive
consuming one. food into the Filipino and good management.
One of the writers culture. With Mang Juliber’s
of Mindanews website case, DOLE still was
stated “I figured how not able to encounter
much cheaper it is to Corn… corn peddlers who
keep body and soul From page 11 started an association.
together in this part of self-employed. But if ever such an
the country. The Pastil In addition to that, association should
made me five pesos DOLE focuses into the exist, they would be
poorer, but the formal sector. more than willing to
discovery of a novel, According to Maricel help and provide
eco-friendly way to Gravino, the financial assistance.
pack a meal was Supervising Labor and All these self-
priceless.” Employment officer, employed individuals
To analyze much, DOLE is into giving ought to do is take an
Pastil is seen as a livelihood not on action.
potential market. Since individual. Persons One of the reasons
who want a job should why Mang Juliber is
different people – such
form an association still affected by
as students and
and submit a poverty is most likely
workers – are proposal so that his refusal to start
patronizing Pastil, DOLE will then something that may
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Movie industry is at its Na 'To)(Star Cinema) - Ai-
Ai delas Alas, Eugene
highest peak every Domingo, Marvin Agustin,
Christmas season as Metro Nikki Valdez, Shaina
Manila Film Fest paves it Magdayao, Serena
way during this period. This Dalrymple, Jiro Manio,
Marc Acueza, Yooki
year is no different. The 36th Kadooka, Deejay Durano
Metro Manila Film Fest and Xyriel Manabat
turned out to be a success. (directed by Wenn
One of its highlights is the Deramas)
parade of floats representing
Dalaw (Cinemedia / Star
each movie entry during the Cinema) - Kris Aquino and
opening of the festival. Diether Ocampo
A festival celebrated (directed by Jerry Lopez
during the Christmas holiday Sineneng)
week, eight official entries Father Jejemon (RVQ
made it to the grandest Productions) - Dolphy,
movie festival. The chosen Maja Salvador, Yen
eight entries are: Santos, Ejay Falcon and
Si Agimat at si Enteng Cherrie Gil. (directed by
Kabisote (Imus Productions/M- Frank Gray Jr)
Zet Films) - Vic Sotto, Ramon Rosario (Cinemabuhay
"Bong Revilla Jr., Jillian International) - Jennylyn Navarro, Eugene Entertainment) - The annual film festival
Ward, Gwen Zamora, Sam Mercado, Dennis Trillo, Domingo, Mika dela Marian Rivera, Jake held in Manila, focusing
Phillip Salvador, Sid Cruz, Aaron Junatas, Cuenca, Pokwang, on locally-produced
Pinto, Ellen Adarna, Joshua Lucero, Yul Servo, Isabel Mylene Dizon, John films, officially started its
Dionisio, Barbie Forteza and Oli, Eula Valdez, Ricky Basty Alcanses and Aga
Lapus, Jestoni Alarcon, showing on the Christmas
Amy Perez (directed by Rico Davao, Empress and Muhlach Sheena Halili, Elijah Day, December 25, 2010
Gutierrez and Tony Y. Dolphy (directed by Albert Christian Alejo, Buboy until January 7, 2011.
Reyes) Martinez) Shake, Rattle & Roll 12 Villar, Sabrina Man, “Si Agimat at si Enteng
(Regal Entertainment) Jairus Aquino and Kabisote,” had the highest
RPG: Metanoia (Star total gross among all the
Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last Cinema / Ambient Media) Cherry Pie Picache
entries..
Na 'To)(Star Cinema) - featuring the voices of Super Inday and the (directed by Mike
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Bb. Pilipinas-World -ted an hour after the rain poured soaking
2007 Maggie Wilson church ceremony, as everyone. Maggie
and construction the couples needed to described it as a
magnate Victor change to their “torrential downpour”.
Consunji tied the knot wedding attires. “It was such a
twice on December 18, During the wedding
beautiful wedding that
2010 in Misibis, Albay. ceremony’s homily,
even the heavens cried
The couple only found the priest even
out that they have to get mentioned about the for us…that’s how I see
married in a Catholic couple’s steamy video. it.” She said in her
Church first hours This brought laughter interview with the
before their beach to the couple and even Showbiz Central.
wedding. Close friends to those who were Members of the
and family members of witnessing the rites. entourage were Marc
the couple attended the When Maggie and Nelson as the ring
ceremony. The beach Victor were about to bearer, Kat Alano..
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Philippine Azkals win Malaysia was awarded the Henson: “Don’t underestimate compared to other stories in a
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup sports” newspaper, and that sports is a!
Fair Play Award
By January Gienah Santiago Champion.Suzuki Cup to the “mirror to life”. As life is a story,
Who would have thought that Henson explained that the character,
sports news – news usually found the plot, the conflict – essential
on the back part of a newspaper – elements in a story – can be found in a
PHILIPPINE FOOTBALL
be worth so much to life? sports news story. And unlike writing
team “Azkals” exemplify the
Mr. Joaquin Henson did. fiction, a sports story is based on real
true meaning of sportsmanship
Joaquin “Quinito” Henson, an people and factual events.!
which made them deserve the
international sports journalist and Henson then mentioned that there
Fair Play Award trophy in the commentator, spoke in a lecture
ASEAN Football Federation are many values that one can learn
forum on the “Value of Sports in from sports news.
(AFF) Suzuki Cup 2010. Life” held at J301 of the Jubilee
The Fair Play Award, “Where else can you go to get all
building at the Ateneo de Davao these values in one blow? Sports!”
according to Mariano Araneta, University College yesterday Henson said. While giving a set of
country since Filipino football morning. An audience composed
newly-elected and FIFA- values – such as pride, passion, and
players joined the event more mostly of students from AdDU, teamwork – through an acronym of
recognized Philippine Football
than 10 years ago when it was Holy Cross and the University of “Sports” that he made, he also
Federation (PFF) president, is Mindanao listened to Henson as he
still known as the Tiger Cup. mentioned and praised several
the first citation given by the spoke not only of the importance of sportsmen, saying that “they have
Playing semi-finals for the
organizers of the The Azkals the journalist’s role in covering brought honor and glory – and we can
first time against the host news, but also explained the value learn from them.”
got the Fair Play Award Indonesia, the Azkals suffered of sports news to the people, that After Henson finished his lecture on
for having incurred the lowest two close 0-1 losses that drew sports news does not have to be just the value of sports, the audience were
number of fouls and cards the Indonesians to their fourth about games alone. invited to ask questions either about the
finals appearance in the “Don’t underestimate sports,” lecture itself or about the latest news
while Henson said in the forum! . He
Suzuki Cup. and gossips on particlar sports teams or
! explained how sports is special ! sportsmen. –Harry Dubouzet
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